Does our contemporary obsession with sleep obscure what makes it special in the first place?
Sleep as a Competitive Advantage
Too many of us live by the myth that one less hour of sleep gives us one more hour of productivity, Tony Schwartz writes in the Life@Work column. In reality, lost sleep not only leaves us more fatigued, but also takes a toll on our cognitive capacity.
What Did Ancient Humans Do at Night?
Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor
Forgoing sleep is like borrowing from a loan shark. Sure you get those extra hours right now to cover for your overly-optimistic estimation, but at what price? The shark will be back, and if you ca…
How to Fall Asleep in 2 Minutes or Less | The Art of Manliness
With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. This article was originally published in March 2018. Have you ever unexpectedly found yourself with a snatch of time in which to steal a […]
I couldn’t sleep, then I tried cognitive shuffling | Psyche Notes to Self
The usual advice didn’t help my sleep problems, but then I tried an exercise that kickstarts the sleep-onset control system
Sleep: Educational Impact and Habit Formation
In a field experiment among US university students, incentives for sleep increase both sleep and academic performance. Our primary intervention pairs bedtime reminders with morning feedback and immediate rewards for sleeping at least 7 hours on weeknights. The intervention raises the share of weeknights with 7+ hours of sleep by 26% and average sleep by 19 minutes during a 4-week treatment period, with posttreatment effects of 8 minutes. Immediate incentives outperform both delayed incentives and reminders/feedback alone during treatment but have no distinguishable impacts posttreatment. The primary intervention improves average semester course performance by 0.075–0.089 grade points, a 0.10–0.11 standard deviation increase. Our results demonstrate that incentives targeting sleep can be a cost-effective approach to improve educational outcomes.
What’s something that helps you fall asleep fast?
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What’s something that helps you fall asleep fast?
45 votes, 239 comments. 60M subscribers in the AskReddit community. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.
What’s something that helps you fall asleep fast?
45 votes, 239 comments. 60M subscribers in the AskReddit community. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.
What’s something that helps you fall asleep fast?
45 votes, 239 comments. 60M subscribers in the AskReddit community. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.
Sleep Is the New Status Symbol (Published 2017)
Once we would brag of not needing very much of it. Now deep slumber is a coveted state achieved with gadgets, apps, gizmos and classes.
The Notebook on the Pillow
On writing one sentence before sleep, and why the sentence does not need to be true so much as noticed.
Methods to fall asleep quickly/instantly?
36 votes, 40 comments. Any tips on falling asleep INSTANTLY? For years I have been staying up until 1 AM (usually) and my body has adapted to it. Now…
You can learn a foreign language in your sleep, say Swiss
Study played newly-learned foreign vocabulary to students and compared their memory with those who were played the words while awake
From social skills to sleep patterns: all the self-help advice that actually works
Much advice on how to be successful is wrong, or useless cliches. Here we cover the best advice we've found in the last 5 years that's backed by evidence.
